to_abs_path in scripts/iib/tool.py normalised the requested path with os.path.normpath, which collapses dot segments but does not resolve symbolic links. A symlink placed inside a scanned directory therefore satisfies the containment comparison performed by is_path_trusted in scripts/iib/api.py while pointing outside that directory, and FileResponse follows the link when serving the response, so a link created in an image directory and targeting a file such as /etc/passwd discloses that file. Whether the check applies depends on get_enable_access_control in scripts/iib/tool.py: it returns true when IIB_ACCESS_CONTROL is set to enable, false when set to disable, and otherwise true when the host Stable Diffusion WebUI was started with share, ngrok, listen or server_name, falling back to false. Confinement is therefore active in the network-exposed WebUI deployments that rely on it, while a standalone run with no such option serves every readable file regardless of this flaw. The fix resolves the path with os.path.realpath.
Fix
Nothing published yet: no patch, vendor advisory or mitigation reference on NVD, no vendor advisory in the News for this CVE, not in CISA's KEV, no fixed package version. BaselineWatch does not guess at one.
Change history 1
- First seenCVSS 8.7NVD modified 2026-10-15 19:10
Affected (CPE criteria) 0
NVD has not attached CPE configurations yet.
References 8
- https://github.com/zanllp/infinite-image-browsing
- https://github.com/zanllp/infinite-image-browsing/blob/v1.8.0/scripts/iib/api.py#L329-L344
- https://github.com/zanllp/infinite-image-browsing/blob/v1.8.0/scripts/iib/tool.py#L172-L175
- https://github.com/zanllp/infinite-image-browsing/commit/4057a624c7a23a36f0b4dc6a545b40767d602450
- https://github.com/zanllp/infinite-image-browsing/issues/968
- https://github.com/zanllp/infinite-image-browsing/pull/969
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/infinite-image-browsing-resolves-paths-with-normpath-allowing-symlink-escape-from-scanned-directories
- https://github.com/zanllp/infinite-image-browsing/issues/968